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xmas74

(29,674 posts)
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:43 AM Feb 2020

This will be my daughter's first presidential election

A few old time Lounge Lizards might remember her as a baby in the early days of DU, randomly pushing buttons to reply to messages and her love of Matcom''s purple hippo. She's now a sophomore in college and on March 10th will be voting in her first presidential primary. She likes Warren but is looking at Biden and Bloomberg because she wants to support the person with the best chance in the GE.

Time flies...

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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This will be my daughter's first presidential election (Original Post) xmas74 Feb 2020 OP
Wonderful & thanks for sharing. Have you seen this new post appalachiablue Feb 2020 #1
I'll check it out nt xmas74 Feb 2020 #4
I remember mine DownriverDem Feb 2020 #2
Mine was Bill Clinton nt xmas74 Feb 2020 #8
Hahah. My baby blm is earlyvoting with me on Friday. blm Feb 2020 #3
She likes Warren xmas74 Feb 2020 #6
Fla Democratic Primary is March 17, Super Tuesday is March 3. Don't feel like my vote will count. Fla Dem Feb 2020 #10
✔️ blm Feb 2020 #17
Why do you think your vote does not count... Moderateguy Feb 2020 #18
My Mom and Dad went with me the first time I voted. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #5
We went together in 2018 xmas74 Feb 2020 #7
She will never be alone, you will always be with her. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #9
Or last. gibraltar72 Feb 2020 #11
I was about to say that if we lose it will be her's as well as all of us last... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #13
Ahhh what a wonderful memory.. Peacetrain Feb 2020 #12
This will be my oldest two boys' Bettie Feb 2020 #14
She will be 20 in June. xmas74 Feb 2020 #15
Both of mine liked Sanders' overall message Bettie Feb 2020 #16
 

appalachiablue

(41,151 posts)
1. Wonderful & thanks for sharing. Have you seen this new post
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:46 AM
Feb 2020

in the Lounge? 'How long have you been at the DU?'

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181323420

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

xmas74

(29,674 posts)
4. I'll check it out nt
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:53 AM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

DownriverDem

(6,229 posts)
2. I remember mine
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:49 AM
Feb 2020

and my candidate only won MA and Washington DC. We were all so politically naive then.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

xmas74

(29,674 posts)
8. Mine was Bill Clinton nt
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:57 AM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

blm

(113,071 posts)
3. Hahah. My baby blm is earlyvoting with me on Friday.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:52 AM
Feb 2020

Warren.

Matcom posts....heheheh.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

xmas74

(29,674 posts)
6. She likes Warren
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:55 AM
Feb 2020

But she's just worried. She wants to get Trump out.

And she was obsessed with Matcom. She'd stare at that hippo and frantically type, then he'd send her a post right back with a picture of whatever.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Fla Dem

(23,698 posts)
10. Fla Democratic Primary is March 17, Super Tuesday is March 3. Don't feel like my vote will count.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:45 AM
Feb 2020

Sounds like it'll be all over after Super Tues, maybe even after SC votes this weekend. Makes me sad that my vote has no value. Have voted in every single primary and general election since LBJ. Have fun voting with your daughter.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Moderateguy

(945 posts)
18. Why do you think your vote does not count...
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 06:53 PM
Feb 2020

There is a VERY HIGH chance that no candidate will arrive at the convention with the delegates needed to win on the 1st ballot

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
5. My Mom and Dad went with me the first time I voted.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:55 AM
Feb 2020

We all got dressed up like we were going to Church. My parents and grandparents always did that, it signaled how important voting is to our family. I have a picture of us somewhere outside the School where we voted that day. Congratulations to her, a new voter!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

xmas74

(29,674 posts)
7. We went together in 2018
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:56 AM
Feb 2020

But now she might be alone with our schedule.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
9. She will never be alone, you will always be with her.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:00 AM
Feb 2020

All of my parents and grandparents are gone now, but every time I go to vote I feel them with me. Every time something good, or something bad happens, I feel them with me, their hand on my shoulder or a kiss on the forehead. You have raised a young woman to adulthood, she will never be alone.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
13. I was about to say that if we lose it will be her's as well as all of us last...
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:53 AM
Feb 2020

But even authoritarian regimes maintain the trappings of democracy.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)
12. Ahhh what a wonderful memory..
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:50 AM
Feb 2020

My son does not post here anymore, but he did 12 years ago.. just a freshman in college..time does fly..

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Bettie

(16,111 posts)
14. This will be my oldest two boys'
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 01:01 PM
Feb 2020

first election too.

18 and 19 years old.

They both listened to all of the candidates, went to countless events and both settled on Warren. One caucused for her, the other had a 103 fever and wasn't able to come out.

They also will vote Blue come November.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

xmas74

(29,674 posts)
15. She will be 20 in June.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 02:02 PM
Feb 2020

She'll be involved in the fall, depending on the candidate. She worked on McCaskill''s campaign in 2018 and knows it takes lots of work.

She said the only campaign she won't work on is Sanders because she's already felt bullied by several of his most ardent supporters on her campus. She said she'd vote for him in the GE but she won't work the campaign. Anyone else left she would work.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Bettie

(16,111 posts)
16. Both of mine liked Sanders' overall message
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 02:10 PM
Feb 2020

but thought that the yelling would keep people from listening. That's why they chose Warren, similar message, but more detailed and better delivery.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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